Protein arginine methyltransferase 6 regulates embryonic stem cell identity

YH Lee, H Ma, TZ Tan, SS Ng, R Soong… - Stem cells and …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Histone arginine methylation has emerged as an important histone modification involved in
gene regulation. Protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) 4 and 5 have been shown to …

Prmt5 is essential for early mouse development and acts in the cytoplasm to maintain ES cell pluripotency

WW Tee, M Pardo, TW Theunissen, L Yu… - Genes & …, 2010 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Prmt5, an arginine methyltransferase, has multiple roles in germ cells, and possibly in
pluripotency. Here we show that loss of Prmt5 function is early embryonic-lethal due to the …

PRMT5 is required for human embryonic stem cell proliferation but not pluripotency

S Gkountela, Z Li, CJ Chin, SA Lee, AT Clark - Stem Cell Reviews and …, 2014 - Springer
Human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are critical in vitro tools for understanding mechanisms
that regulate lineage differentiation in the human embryo as well as a potentially unlimited …

PRMT7: A pivotal arginine methyltransferase in stem cells and development

B Wang, M Zhang, Z Liu, Y Mu, K Li - Stem Cells International, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Protein arginine methylation is a posttranslational modification catalyzed by protein arginine
methyltransferases (PRMTs), which play critical roles in many biological processes. To date …

PRMT7 is involved in regulation of germ cell proliferation during embryonic stage

M Chen, Y Wang, L Lin, F Dong, H Wu, S Bao… - Biochemical and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Arginine methylation is one of the most important post-translational modifications which is
catalyzed by protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs). Previous studies have …

Genomic location of PRMT6-dependent H3R2 methylation is linked to the transcriptional outcome of associated genes

C Bouchard, P Sahu, M Meixner, RR Nötzold, MB Rust… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Summary Protein arginine methyltransferase 6 (PRMT6) catalyzes asymmetric dimethylation
of histone H3 at arginine 2 (H3R2me2a). This mark has been reported to associate with …

Genetic evidence for partial redundancy between the arginine methyltransferases CARM1 and PRMT6

D Cheng, G Gao, A Di Lorenzo, S Jayne… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
CARM1 is a protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) that acts as a coactivator in a
number of transcriptional programs. CARM1 orchestrates this coactivator activity in part by …

Versatility of PRMT5-induced methylation in growth control and development

V Karkhanis, YJ Hu, RA Baiocchi, AN Imbalzano… - Trends in biochemical …, 2011 - cell.com
Arginine methylation governs important cellular processes that impact growth and
proliferation, as well as differentiation and development. Through their ability to catalyze …

Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 5 (Prmt5) Is Required for Germ Cell Survival During Mouse Embryonic Development

Y Wang, Q Li, C Liu, F Han, M Chen… - Biology of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In mammals, germ cells undergo massive epigenetic remodeling during fetal development.
However, the physiological functions of epigenetic modification in germ cell development …

Methylation of histone H4 by arginine methyltransferase PRMT1 is essential in vivo for many subsequent histone modifications

S Huang, M Litt, G Felsenfeld - Genes & development, 2005 - genesdev.cshlp.org
PRMT1 is a histone methyltransferase that methylates Arg3 on histone H4. When we used
siRNA to knock down PRMT1 in an erythroid cell line, it resulted in nearly complete loss of …